“It seems impossible we’ve arrived in 2020 with no action from the federal government to protect the American people from thousands of unproven, driverless vehicles being tested on public roads,” Jason Levine, executive director at the Center for Auto Safety, said. “Worse, it’s unimaginable that nothing has been done to …

January 13, 2020 With almost 40,000 crash deaths and over 2.5 million serious injuries a year, there is no time to waste in moving forward towards deploying safe vehicle technology, be it autonomous or otherwise.  The Center for Auto Safety firmly believes AV technology will play a significant role in …

“By continuing to allow manufacturers to test whatever technology they want, wherever they want, and promoting industry-written voluntary standards while failing to issue mandatory government standards, DOT (Department of Transportation) is making the long-term public acceptance of AV technology less likely,” said Jason Levine, executive director of the nonprofit Center …

CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY Statement on Department of Transportation and White House National Science and Technology Council’s “AV 4.0” Document, released January 8, 2020: “AV 4.0 is the perfect encapsulation of the administration’s principles on vehicle safety: say the right words and do the wrong things. Writing the word ‘safety’ …

“At some point, the question becomes: How much evidence is needed to determine that the way this technology is being used is unsafe?” said Jason Levine, executive director of the nonprofit Center for Auto Safety in Washington. “In this instance, hopefully these tragedies will not be in vain and will …

“One of the questions and things to watch in the next 10 years is were lessons learned or are manufacturers going to try and set the clock backwards?” said Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, a Washington-based nonprofit watchdog organization. DETROIT — Mary Barra became one of …

    “There’s no way for a customer to know,” said Jason Levine, the center’s executive director. Only San Francisco requires cabs to be screened for recalls, he said. “There are no cosmetic recalls. Recalls are only done for safety reasons, defects or a violation of standards,” he said. Click …

For Immediate Release December 23, 2019 Contact: Jason Levine, jlevine@autosafety.org, 202-328-7700 Center for Auto Safety Calls on Seven Major Cities, Maryland and Michigan to Prohibit Taxis with Unrepaired Recalls from Carrying Passengers Today, the Center for Auto Safety sent letters to the city governments of Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Washington, D.C., …

December 19, 2019 Today, the Center for Auto Safety submitted a letter to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in response to General Motors’ (GM) fourth submission of additional information relating to GM’s Petition for Inconsequentiality regarding defective Takata airbag inflators in millions of their vehicles, including some of GM’s …